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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

The equestrian takes back seat.
The convict is naturally in good
humor when he's breaking out.
Maud asks: 'tHow can / get white
hands9" Make bread, Maud. b rliagton
Free Pres.
Men who cover themselves with glorE
sometimes find that they are, after all,
very thinly clad. - Boston Post. 4
1t is rumored that the interstate peo,
pie are going to abolish the Rocky,
Mountain passes. = Detroit Free Press. /,
II saw pretty thing in kid gloves,
last evening" observed Fitzpercy to his
sister. "What was itg" '.My best girls
hand. Pittsburgh Ch,ynicle.
81 see the dude has got into the latest
edition Of Webster's dictionary "EIas
he2 Well, hurry, then, and slam the
cover down. ~ Ohitago Ne,cs. /
"Advice," says philosopher. ''should
come to us like gentle fall of snow.n
Very true; but we usually receive it e
fit were shower bath. -Bos'oa Cowier.
(" Does marriage change mani" asks
awriter. Depends on whom he marries.
Some women would make man bald in
six months. Burlington Free Press.
" g Early to bed and early to rise
Makes man healthy. wealthy and wise.w
Champagne and oysters at midnight,s hour
Cuts man OH in his early flower.
Merchant Traveller.
Lady (who had sick husband 49,
"Don't you think, doctor, that you
ought to bleed my husbandan Doctor
(absent-mindedly)-" No, madame, not
until he gets well. ."-Epoah.
An exchange has an article on "China
as 1t Is" just how China is depends
upon the hired girl Generally it ID
wicked, and often so badly broken that
it has to be swept ut.--OmahG Herald.
In these. cold winter nights true love is born
Conceive sweeter picture If you can;
Fair Chloe at the fireside pops the corn
And stephen pops the question, like
man.
-Boston Courier.
II tell you what it is, Gus: Araminta's
father can't appreciate US. He has no
soul" ''Oh! he HASN'T eh2 Well, IL
you'd been in my place last night you'd
have thought he was all sole. y Harper's
Bdzdr.
A strange child was introduced to A.
year-old Adelaide with injunctions as to
his entertainment. With q superb dig
nifty the suggestions were checked by:
"My dear, | have played with children
all my life. "--Ameyimp MGgdgise.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29
FOUND IN wEEHAwKEN.

The inspector turned to go and the
reporter fired this question at him from
the rear: DO throwers of bombs and
senders of internal machines usually
figure in the police records for other
crimes~
~ never knew" replied Mr.. Byrnes,
sanyely, ''of bunco steerer sending d
ma hine to any one."
In further search of information on
the subject, it was learned that the ordi-
nary internal machine is not as compli-
Gated as one would suppose.
Ofnecessity there is an explosive and
a means of fixing it in every machine.
Powder-plain powder--and gun, cotton
have the call as explosives. Acid is
also used. The spring that snaps per
cussion cap, the match that ignites when
the cover is removed and the lighted
fuse are among the more common meth
ods OF setting the explosive free.
Inspector Mackellar, of the BROOKLYN
Police Department, was very outspoken
on the subject of internal machines. Al
ter showing the reporter a photograph
OF the machine which was sent to ex-
District Attorney Samuel d. Morris.
about twelve years ago, and which is
here reproduced with some Others. the
inspector said:
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29
wEpprNo BELLS

Ne wedding balls are ringing,
Sweet JOY end gladnes bringing,
To every heart, who from their peal, finds
loves rich radiance springing;
And though the lips may faltsr,
To speak before the altar,
The words that bind, It'll death do part, y vet
sweetly with the Psalter-
"0h, Love, divine and tender.
Yelled in thy softened splendor,"
We chant with trust thy praise, and pray
Oh, be this homes defender;
God bless these hands unitedl
And bless these hearts thus plightedi
In all their lives may they be one, unsevered
and unblighted.
Give grace in fullest measure,
Let duty be q pleasure,
And every gift that Fortune sends, accepted
as treasure.
Sunshine and shadows sharing,
Each for the other caring,
And each, with tender heart and true, the
others burdens bearing.
So, by Thy Spirit guided,
Life's duties all divided, -
May all its complex choices be, by loves
sweet voice decided.
Thus with bright hopes supernal,
Through all LIES season vernal,
May each receive, for work well done, a HON.
and Lie Eternal.
Il A. Morrison.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29
Cleveland's Future Home.

Mr.. Cleveland intends to remain a
citizen of New York State, and on his
retirement from Federal Office he will
select some portion Of the State in which
he will make his home, says Washing
ton correspondent Of the Brooklyn Eaols.
Those most fully aware Of the drift Of
his thought in this regard say that at
present the choice lies between Albany
and Brooklyn, with probability that
Brooklyn will be selected, although it is
known that there are many ties which
draw him to the State capital. That
decision, however, is matter for the
future. The remuneration of Buffalo as
a place of residence has been formally
made and is final. The act leaves the
President without voting place in the
State until he determines where in the
State he will live, and consequently he
did not vote in the State in 1856 or
in 1887, for be could not.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29
Snider wei Paner.

The Hon. George West, of Ballston
Spa, is in possession Of curiosity in
paper sent him by friend in Hong
hong, China It is sheet ii by IA
inches, made from the web Of the
Sacred White Spider" Of the Flowery
Kingdom. It is as light as air and
almost as transparent, but is also beauti-
fully printed, and contains about the
equal of two columns Of matter, giving
in English the story Of How AIidship-
man Copple,tone was presented at the
court of Pekin.n Mr.. West has made
the manufacture Of paper his life work
and study, but it is safe to say that he
never ran spider web paper factory.
Saratoga (N 4. Sdgato9iab.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29

INSTRUMENT FOUND IN A RAILROAD CAR.
Dynamite bombs and internal ma.
chimes, " said the inspector conservatively,
''do not create great deal of disturbance
in this country. That is to say, these
things are not at all popular as means
of taking life and doing other damage.
1ris only at infrequent intervals that the
papers record instances of their use, and
then it is usually the record of failure
to do the thing intended.
"You will recollect the explosion that
occurred on Grand street some years ago.
That bomb or machine looked something
like an elongated tomato can. The one
that was thrown ON board the English
vessel few months ago was in some re-
CARDS like it. We keep record of ev-
erything relating to matters of this kind.
That is done by the clerk whose duty 1t
is to run the department encyclopedia. /"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29
WISHES

rhe summer day was olsF, and twilight s1sst
Came close upon its track with dsw-bathsd
feet;
Moved by the mystic spell, May, Kate, and
Bes
Agreed among themselves each to coufes 4
What they would like to be in future ysarn'
"oh, would like, y said laughing, blue-syea
Nay.
TO 90 before the world in some great play.
To act 50 well the phases Of my part
That all the pulses Of its giant heart
Should bound and nutter with its weight Of
tears"
"And I would like to write," said dreamy
Bess,
"some grand, sweet truth, the weary ones to
bless,
10 clothe itin some softly flowing rhyme
As fair and tender as the summer time,
For truths, like folks, look better when well
dressedn
Then, looking far away, said restless Kates
I'D like true, deep-hearted soul to mate,
To have one hold me ever dearest, best,
And in my womanhood his honor rest,
For to be fondly loved is to be blest. n
The years rolled on, and our ambitious May
Found that her part was real in lifes great
play.
The world she moved and thrilled as small
beside
The one she would have moved, as ocean
tide
Is great above the brooklet singing sweet
A lover came to woo, and Bess was wed;
She did not write, but lived the truth instead;
Lived happy in an honest heart and name,
Content to be unrecognized by fame,
To fit her rhymes to little children's feet
And Kate, who would have lived for love
alone,
Gave all her woman's heart unsought, un-
known. ~
Yet sheit was who gave great truths TO men;
For, having not, her longing taught her pen
To write Of Love beyond the human great,
To tell of Love, that with bounteous hand,
Short-sighied mortals cannot understand, /
Gives ever to its children; gives, indeed,
Not always what they want, but what they
need,
Nor gives, in wisdom, any gift too late
Anne B. Spearing,in Le,otston Journal
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29
DEADLY GIFTS.
A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF
INFSRNAL MACHINES.
ContrIvances Sent 20 People for the
Purpose OF KILLING Them
Some Facts About Their
Construction.

OF the multifarious violations Of the
law that are reported from day to day
in thenewspapers there Is, perhaps, none
that SO thoroughly arouses public indig-
nation and brings such widespread feel
ing of insecurity as the sending of an
internal machine to q man.
The character of the act is yillainous
beyond degree. In comparison with it
downright murder loses its horror and
the lesser crimes appear insignificant.
Culprits who have been detected in the
crime have invariably been found to be
towards of the most abject kind.
In gathering facts regarding internal
machines Star reporter called upon In
spector Byrnes at New York Police
Headquarters yesterday. The inspector
Is naturally avery courteous man, but in
the interests of the work that the police
have to do he knows when to politely
refuse an answer to interesting questions.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29
MACHINE SENT TO COLONEL MORRIS.

MACHINE SENT TO COLONEL MORRIS.
"Of all the men with whom the police
nave to deal there is no class that so
richly deserves severe punishment. We
40 not have occasion to work on cases
OF this kind very frequently, and the fact
tnat some one who is ignorant of the
nature Of his act is usually employed oy
the real sconndrel makes it difficult to
clear up such mysteries.
My own experience in working such
eases, supplemented by the knowledge
OF The work in hercities, has convinced,
me- that the only pcop:a who resort to
acts OF this kind are those who have
some trivial grievance. 1t is seldom that
the pro oking cause is serious to any dc.
Gree -
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29
A DEADLY GIFT.

If one merchant receives machine
intended to do him bodily in ury, it his
the effect Of making other men in his
particular line feel that sooner or later
they, too, will be singled out by would
be assassin. A number of men have re.
ported their fears to me since the box in
tended for Mr.. Wechsler was received.
Some Of them were wrought up to a high
state Of nervousness, and admitted can
idly that they were almost afraid to
Dpen letter.
s The action of the United States Su-
preme Court" said the inspector in con-
elusion, furnishes precedent for
courts that may in the future be called
apon to pass Judgment npon criminals Of
this kind. ."---Nev Yosk Sur.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29

desirous Of getting married. Under the
laws Of Georgia license was needed.
but there was no civil authority TO grant
1t to them. 30 they went to Post Head
quarters and asked for one, and got 1t in
In the following form;
ADAIRsYILLE, Cass Co.. Ga,
Nov. 14th, 1887.
To ALI. WHOM IT NAY CONCERN:
Be it known that ], VIM, G. Rhodes,
servant Of Father Abraham to minister
unto all Union-loving citizens In this
rebellious community, aud whereas ].
X. and l.. c., both Of Adairsville, are
desirous Of closer union than has here
tofore been their wont: now therefore i
command that any ordained minister OF
the Gospel to whom these presents may
come, shall unite as man and wife, 10
holy wedlock, this Union>loving couple;
and let them live together in harmony,
loving and cherishing each other, and
multiplying and replenishing the earth,
until further orders.
WM. G.. RHODES.
Lieut.. COL, 30th H., Comman'g. Post.
Col. Rhodes was splendid soldier,
prompt and efficient, sedate and digni.
fed in his appearance, yet always brim-
full ef rollicsome good humor. He was
q field officer in all of the great battle.
Of the southwest, and always in the thick
est Of the fight, yet never was wounded.
he went through with Shermans march
to the sea, aud up through the Caro-.
linas,
When at Raleigh. N. c., he was rid.
Ing past some mules that were eating,
and one Of them kicked and broke one
of his legs. The Colonel was then one
OF the angriest men l ever saw. He
made the atmosphere blue all around
him, The mere fact of having q leg
broken he seemed to care very little.
about, but the idea of going a through
the war without scratch, to have his
leg broken by A. mule was too
much for his good nature. A bullet
through his brain, he I, ought, was
nothing compared to mules foot
through his leg.-M. ID. Ii GGErT, late
Major General, U. s. Vols, Cleveland,
Ohio.--National Tribune.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29
A Race Of Giants.

Further evidence that race of giants
existed here prior to the coming Of the
white man may be seen at the corner Of
the Cleveland House on St. George street
AN iron crowbar ten feet long and four
inches through, gradually tapering to a
point. 1t was dug up q short time since,
and from its corroded appearance must be
very old. The occasional finding Of
human skeletons ten feet in height shows
in whose hands this formidable instru-
ment was used Weight of bar 100
pounds. 50. Augustine (Fla.) Weekly.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29

The force OF habit is always strong
IA Baltimore young man who was calling
on street car conductors daughter,
says that the father wandered in at a
late hour, and, opening the door,
mechanically exclaimed .'Sit close,
please!n
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29

A resident OF India has discovered 4
tree which is really a weeping cornus.
For ten days 10 spring drops OF water
fall from the tree, which do not appear
to interfere with its natural vigor.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29
BY Chance.

They met by chance; wayward Fate
Till then had kept them wide apart.
He had no thought OF love or hate;
She hardly knew she had a heart.
They met by chance; the sinking sun
Cast lengthening shadows on the ground,
The long June day was nearly done
The twilight dim was gathering round.
They met by chance; fateful chance,
That brought them nearer-nearer still;
Each gave the other startled glance
Each felt a momentary thrill.
They met by chance, swift sharp pain
Unnerves them when they think Of thatl
They trust they'll never meet again
The 'cyclist and the brindle catl
-Someruille Journal
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29
AN OFFICIAL MARRIAGE.
Never Was Wounded Until Mule
Kicked Him.

In looking over some of my old army
records and papers, ! find the following
marriage license granted by Lieut.. Col.
VIM. G. Rhodes, 30th Ill. He had been
temporarily put in command at Adairs
vile, Ga, in the early partof November,
1864. It seems thar couple were very
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-29

The train stops few minutes at .
Hudson river town, en- route to New
York. Smart Alick sticks his head out
of the window and says to acountryman:
"Any jackasses in this town."
CoUNTRYMAN-'tN they ginerslly 60
right on to New York. ."-Sittings.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

Whewi how 1t blew and how they
stung. 1t was blizzard sample and
very little went long way. All the way
up horses and men swerved and weak
ened, and in less than five minutes there
was a regular stampede, changing and
crowding down the west drive, for there
was not room on the favored east-
ern roadway OF the park.
Next morning gentle zephyrs
spraug from somewhere. That was the
end Of the snow, and Pve never seen that
four-in-hand on the road since Charley
Dickerman told me it's owner went
broke; if so that drive must have cost
him about $1,000. Perhaps he never
paid the coach maker,
Somebody asks, "Who are the kings of
the roadr' Frank Work, Dave Bonner,
Robert Bonner, Tom Eastman, Shep
Knapp, IsiU Cohnfield, "Huge" Grant,
are in the first flight, and thereafter a
whole raft of people who get their names
in the papers, and Harrington or Murphy
to handle their horses for record. There
are two missing this as last season. The
Vanderbilt gang no longer come flashing
from Tom Kearns. nor does Buck splat-
ter his three Of a kind before his troika,
the middle horse going at trot and the
outsiders luDging at full gallop. | had
almost forgotten that they had ever been,
and yet 1t Is only the other day that the
chief OF the railroad troop was laid in his
long home. Do you know where Col.
Fred Grant is--the man VINO used to be
on the road every day? He, too, has
given up driving, but for another reason.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

very graceful and clever, but in all the
work that has to bear a strain, wood
Is depended on. Cutters are made
10 carry 200 pounds that will not scale
twenty-eight pounds. Hickory and steel,
and the best at that, worth say $500, and
not great deal OF pfont-so the makers
say--but he who knows can get mighty
good article for one-iith that sum. Bells
are almost without exception on the
shafts. Plumes are out-what there are
mostly bright or deep yellow. No back
robes, streaming IN the wind or covering
the raVages Of time, but the stern sim
pllclty of smart varnish. Women folk in
sealskin, with hoods to match; men in
long caftans of heavy broadcloth, lined
throughout with sable seal, astrakhan,
mink or rabbit, with deep collar, cuffs and
capto match. Driving menmay wear
patent leather shoes, but some prefer,
ana with good reason, high, thigh high
slashers OF Russia or undresssd moose leg.
GRAYDON JOHNSTON.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02

/ suppose every square man with a So
clety wife who comes home to his own
castle every night gives way once year
to tender desire to see his own wife, and
am sure nothing can be more beautiful
on the dawning new year than to call on
| her.
We found the parlor full of swell peo-
/ pie. We did great deal of general bow
ing without any introductions, and Chick
whispered to me:
| "Old boy, which is my wife? Hang me
| if l remember her. The paper said she
| was 6lashed.'
BE calm" said. s'Don't betray
| your emotion. Give me q little time
and Phi introduce you" So after some
| diplomacy | got introduced to my own
wife, and she pointed out Mrs. Chicken
halter. Then l called Chick over and pre-
sented him.
Do you know there was something so
| touching and beautiful in the bringing OF
two people together who lived in the same
house without seeing each other that
| think number of the vain men of
the world who were present were moved
| by it.
500 you know" said Wolloston to me, ,
''that it's the freshest thing I've seen, and
Pm going to call on my own wife next
| New Years."
Iquite agreed with him, for the short
conversation that had with the partner
of my joys convinced me that man
should make his own wIfe's acquaint-
ance at least once year. She was 80
polite. She said she had left the child
| rem all well, and she invited me to
call on her again when had the oppor-
tuBity.
Chick said his wife was equally polite.
She spoke of the weather with deep earn
estness, and something of the old thrill
was in her tones as she asked him if he
had enjoyed good health. He was deeply
impressed by her, and assured her that he
had followed her brilliant domestic career
in the papers with interest, which seemed
to please her.
Altogether it was very agreeable
visit.
Just as we were coming away the
Lambs Club cart came up and the boys
we're dumped in front of Chickenhalter's
but as some one had removed the cover
ing of the coal hole, several of them went
down 1t.
The only remark that Chick made as we
| drove away was, Chow absurd is the at.
tempt to be unconventional by such
| means, when all you have to do is to get
| acquainted with your own wife,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-02
SLEIGHING IN NEW YORK
SCENES ON THE GREAT DRIVE
WAYS AFTER A SNOWSTORM.

The Most Expensive Luxury of the New
YOrker-Where Arc the Old Timers?-
Queer Patterns in sieighs The Odd
Kniokerbocker Turnout.
NEW YORK, Jan. Ion an average
there are about twelve hours of good
sleighing in New York city in the course
of a year. One day recently we had
three hours of sleighing out Of the twelve,
and, as the old papers used to say,
"Gotham on runners" was the order of
the hour,
New Workers 90 wheeling good share
OF the spring and fall, Then comes the
time when the trees in the park are she'd
ding foliage, when there is dash of chill
in the air, when moist mist deadens ones
breath, SO the horses stand idle
in the stable or champ outside shop
windows. Later comes the first
furry of white water frozen to
feather-like fakes, and then the roadways
in the city, woods and broad aorth-tend-
ing stretches of Seventh avenue are
whitened with the first snow. Bright
and early some perseyering driver from
below One Hundred and Twenty-ffth
street and from below Fiftv-ninth street
drags his sled to Gahe Cases and to Judge
Smiths, is hailed with acclamations, and
the magnums of champagne are set
ALLOWING. The sleighing season has COM
menced. Very seldom are there six fair
days. when between 3and O'Clock in the
afternoon the fashion, and so forth, of
Manhattan Island make a showing in
| turs, with bells and pompons, as the steel
of their runners crunches along behind
the iron of their horses hoofs. Betimes
Jack Frost and the wind worker play
queer pranks. There comes to my mind
perfect episode in 1884. Well packed
reading, bright still sunshine, the air
tingling with bells, bright eyes, shining
traps and smiling faces. The scene was
ideal, and l did enjoy it behind an old
PAGER who could get very near 100 on
straight half mile. Up and down, in and
out, now jogging beside friend and anon
sprinting the nag for a dash, | navigated
Seventh avenue from the park to the
river and back twice over. Then we
turned behind a superb four-in-hand turn
out admirably finished. When 10! the
wind came out Of the north laden with icy
pellets.